Inkstand-cap



(No Model.)

J. A. SITEGE.

v INKSTAND GAP. No. 371,717. Patented Oct. 18 1887.

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JULIUS A. STEGE, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

INKSTAN D- CA P.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 371,717, dated October 18, 1887. Application filed August 9. 1887. Serial No. 346,510. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIUs A. SIEGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentuck y, have i uvented certain newand useful Improvements in Inkstand-Oaps; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of caps or covers for inkstands which are provided with lids or valves intended to yield to the pressure of the pen in the act of inserting the same through the cap into the inksland to procure ink, and to automatically close the opening when the pen is withdrawn. Heretofore such caps have been provided with valves fitted loosely through openings in the top of the caps. Such valves are easily removed and liable to become separated from the caps and lost. The opening through which such valve is inserted admits dust into the ink, permits evaporation, and soon becomes foul with thickened ink.

The object of this invention is to obviate those objections in valved inkstand-caps to protect the pen-holder from becoming inked by the lower edge of the valve, to balance the valve, and to provide a pen rack or holder which shall aid in holding the valve closed when not in service.

To this end my invention consistsin an inkstandcap constructed as hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a front elevation of an inkstand with my invention shown as a removable cap. Fig. II is' a vertical section of the cap on the line X, and Fig. III is a similar vertical section of the cap made as a permanent cover to the inkstand.

5 represents an inkstand, which may be of any form for convenience or fancy and of any material suitable for the purpose, such as glass and other earthenwares or any of the metals.

6 reprcsentsthe cap,which is usually shaped with an opening downward to fit loosely upon an inkstand, around the raised lip 7 thereof. There are a great many different styles of inkstands upon which such a cap, having its downward opening circular and about one and a quarter inch in diameter, would fit closely enough for all practical purposes.

8 is the mouth of the cap, and 9 is a valve hung wholly within the cover upon trunnions 11 to bear all around the mouth upon the lips 10, and it entirely closes the same.

12 represents a balance-weight secured to the outer face of the valve and projecting outward through the mouth 8 and back over the top of the cap, so that the weight tends to hold the valve closed.

13 represents notches in the weight 12, to serve as a pen holder or rack, so that the pen when not in service may add its weight to hold the valve closed.

In operation, the pen being pushed against the outer face of the valve near its lower edge, causes the same to yield and open readily while the pen is being dipped into the ink; The weight 12 swings forward over center as the valve swings inward and backward, thus offering little resistance to the free movement of the pen at the time the valve is held open thereby. The lower edge of the valve soon becomes soiled with ink, and to prevent this from rubbing off onto the pen-holder 1 provide a guard, 14, projecting forward from the valve to rest upon the pen-holder, and hold the lower edge of the valve away from it. This projection 14 is, in the present drawings, shown as a part of the weight-arm; but it is not necessarily so connected, because the weight might be in some instances dispensed with. The upper portion of this cap is entirely closed by the valve resting against its seat, which is a complete circle or a complete circumference of some other form. When the valve is closed, there is no inlet for dust and no outlet for the ink to evaporate.

This cap may be made as an article of merchandise independent of an inkstand,to be applied to stands already in use; or it may, as in Fig. 3, be made asa part of the inksland or as atop of metal to be fixed upon a glass stand.

Having thus described my invention,what I wish to secure by Letters Patent is the following:

1. The combination of the chambered cap 6, having a downward opening and a side opening, the valve 9,hung within thesaid cap to fit its side opening,and the weight 12,.located above the cap and connected with the valve through the said side opening, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the chambered cap 6, having openings downward and to one side, the valve 9,hung within the cap to fit the side opening, and the weight 12, located above the cap and connected with the valve through the said side opening, the said weight being notched in its upper side to serve as a penrack, substantially as shown and described, whereby additional weight may be added to close the valve when notin use.

3. The combination of the chambered cap 6, having openings downward and at one side, the valve v9, hung within the cap to fit the said opening, and the guard l4,projecting from the face of the valve out of the said side opening, substantially as, shown and described, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS A. STEGE.

\Vitnesses;

THos. W. BLAOKHART, WM.- E. K001 

